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| Sjaak:
@pldoolittle Sorry about the confusion, I meant that vagabound is a troll... |
| lastrega:
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| bkenobi:
I may have to change my vote from can connect to F M$! I've been having a problem with both my cabs since we moved last October. I assumed it was related to disassembling one and some kind of connection on the other. Well, I fixed the issue on the main system which turned out to be an issue with a borked M$ firewall service. After killing and restarting it, all connectivity issues were resolved. As for the other, well...thanks to M$, I was forced to take an update which pushed the WGA software. Since I was unable to get a reliable connection with the network I had set up, that machine has been sitting stagnant. I finally took the time to hammer away at fixing it and now it's working. The problem was that M$ wouldn't let me log on without WGA validation, but without logging on, I couldn't fix my network settings. :angry: Although having access is nice, not having to worry about network settings forking your cab up (especially when people are coming over) is nicer. I may be dropping my wireless connection and only fixing things remotely if this issue occurs again! |
| Gray_Area:
I like to have my machines connected - for possible maintenance, for possible transfer of files (especially score snaps). I use MSE on all of them, which seems to be working well. I also have drives partitioned, and file sharing set only for 'files' partitions, and in the case of my main machine, 'view only'. |
| DashRendar:
--- Quote ---Well, it's not like the internet is just a cesspool, waiting to rampantly infest PCs upon connection. I mean, sure, if you use your cabinet to browse around you have a chance, but just connecting to the internet without doing anything isn't going to get you a virus. --- End quote --- Just connecting to the internet without doing anything can definitely get you a virus. Ever hear of the Blaster or Sasser worms? To answer the original question, on my cab I have an external wireless adapter I plug in to download updates etc, but normally leave that off. I have antivirus which runs when I'm connected, but I disable it otherwise to avoid the performance hit. And this is behind a firewalled router to protect my system from worms. :applaud: |
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